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- IDNO:
- 047540
- Title:
- Gathering Room Inside of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Podium and piano are the focal point of the room in front. Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989.
- IDNO:
- 047541
- Title:
- West Virginia Colored Children's Home Sun Parlor, Near Huntington, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Building was constructed in 1923, originally founded as the West Virginia Normal and Industrial School for Colored Children. The building was closed in 1956 and was transferred to Marshall University in 1961, where it was used as college owned apartments. The apartments were later demolished in 2011.
- IDNO:
- 047546
- Title:
- Mining Machinery Traveling Down Railroad
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047547
- Title:
- Long Dump Truck Travels Down Dirt Road Through Clinchfield Mine, McClure, Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047548
- Title:
- Looking Down From Top of Hill at Unidentified Coal Tipple and Mining Operations
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Notice the wires carrying carts filled with coal from the top to bottom of mine.
- IDNO:
- 047549
- Title:
- Looking Down From Top of Hill at Unidentified Coal Mining Operations
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Notice the wires carrying carts filled with coal from the top to the bottom of mine. Coal town and mining operations can be seen in far distance.
- IDNO:
- 047550
- Title:
- Town Tops Taxi Driver Drops Off Passengers at Airport Runway
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047556
- Title:
- Tracks Leading Down to Tipple on Kayford Mountain at Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047566
- Title:
- The Valley Camp Stores Company Building, Cedar Grove, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047567
- Title:
- Operations at Cedar Grove Mine Along River, Cedar Grove, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047568
- Title:
- Operations at Cedar Grove Mine Along River, Cedar Grove, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047569
- Title:
- Church in Mining Town of Cedar Grove, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated